Lee Krasner (1908-1984), Shattered Light

Lee Krasner (1908-1984)
Shattered Light
signed twice and dated 'Lee Krasner KRASNER 1954' (on the reverse)
oil and paper collage on Masonite
34 x 48 in. (86.4 x 121.9 cm.)
Executed in 1954.

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Provenance
Estate of Lee Krasner
Robert Miller Gallery, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1986

Pre-Lot Text
The Defining Gesture: Modern Masters from the Eppler Family Collection

Literature
W. Zimmer, "Of Interest," New York Times, 17 October 1986, p. C28.
J. Bell, "New York Reviews—Lee Krasner: Robert Miller," ARTnews, March 1987, p. 147.
Abstract Expressionism: The Critical Developments, exh. cat., Buffalo, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1987, p. 86, fig. 7 (illustrated).
S. Naifeh and G. W. Smith, Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, New York, 1989, p. 898.
R. Hobbs, Lee Krasner, New York, 1993, pp. 56-57, fig. 47 (illustrated).
E. G. Landau, Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, New York, 1995, pp. 139-140, no. 278 (illustrated in color).

Exhibited
New York, Stable Gallery, Lee Krasner Collages, September-October 1955.
East Hampton, Signa Gallery, Lee Kranser: Paintings 1947-59, July-August 1959.
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Lee Krasner: Paintings, Drawings and Collages, September-October 1965, p. 25, no. 72.
Mexico City, embassy of the United States, Art in Embassies, organized by the Museum of Modern Art, New York, February 1968-August 1969.
Peoria, Lakewood Center for the Arts and Sciences, American Women: 20th Century, September-October 1972, p. 51, no. 46 (illustrated).
Washington D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art; University Park, Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University; Waltham, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Lee Krasner: Collages and Works on Paper 1933-1974, January-October 1975, p. 17, no. 44.
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Autres Dimensions, June-September 1976, n.p., no. 36.
Houston, Museum of Fine Arts; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Norfolk, Chrysler Museum; Phoenix Art Museum; New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lee Krasner: A Retrospective, November 1983-February 1985, pp. 82-84, fig. 81 (illustrated).
New York, Robert Miller Gallery, Lee Krasner Collages, October-November 1986, n.p. (illustrated inverted in color).